TY - JOUR AU - Aniteye, Patience AU - O’Brien, Beverley AU - Mayhew, Susannah H. PY - 2016 DA - 2016/09/10 TI - Stigmatized by association: challenges for abortion service providers in Ghana JO - BMC Health Services Research SP - 486 VL - 16 IS - 1 AB - Unsafe abortion is an issue of public health concern and contributes significantly to maternal morbidity and mortality globally. Abortion evokes religious, moral, ethical, socio-cultural and medical concerns which mean it is highly stigmatized and this poses a threat to both providers and researchers. This study sought to explore challenges to providing safe abortion services from the perspective of health providers in Ghana. SN - 1472-6963 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-016-1733-7 DO - 10.1186/s12913-016-1733-7 ID - Aniteye2016 ER -